I was going to ask about implementing gender in the final version, good to know that's coming. It took me a minute to get used to the new portraits (I liked the 8-bit look of the Alpha ones) but now I consider them very well done (and occasionally funny, such as Halfling Berserker) but now that I am used to them, it's good to know females will be in to mix things up.

Back to the actual topic, upgrading racial homes, I like the idea of being able to store one item in each one, but it can only be used by that race if you choose to store it there. That would please people who want more locker space, while also making the decision of what to put in which lockers significant. That could be the level 2 upgrade, with a difficult questline to get to level 3, which could do something like reduce conversion costs by 10% or grant that race an extra inventory slot.